History Main / EvilKnockoff

* {{Franchise/Kirby}}:

** There's also Robo-Fortune, a robotic copy of [[CatGirl Ms. Fortune]]. Originally created as an in-joke/reference to Robo-Ky from ''Guilty Gear'', she proved popular enough to be turned into an actual playable character.

* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'': In ''ComicBook/Deadpool2013'', during ''The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly'' arc, North Korea attempted to create its own knock-off version of the ComicBook/XMen. North Korean versions of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/{{Storm|MarvelComics}}, Banshee, ComicBook/{{Colossus}}, ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}}, and Sunfire were created by infusing prisoners with Deadpool's HealingFactor.

* ''[[Anime/{{Bakugan}} Bakugan: New Vestroia]]'': The Mechanical Bakugan as their name implies are artificial constructs created using data collected from the Bakugan abducted from New Vestroia. While considerably powerful, they’re seen by the Resistance as abominations of nature and by Gus as a sign that the [[ArcVillain Vexos]] have become lazy as brawlers and ignore the potential that living Bakugan possess. Special mention goes to Darkus Hades, who is a mechanical copy of Hydranoid with abilities that are ([[EffectiveKnockoff admittedly effective]]) imitations of the latter's. Hydranoid is none too pleased when he hears about it, enough that he wants to and becomes the one to personally destroy his copy when they eventually face off against each other.

** There is also the Ultimateblade, which is claimed to be equal to the Witchblade in power if not stronger and is capable of being wielded by a man. However, it’s pointed out to [[AwesomeButImpractical have the downside of draining the user’s energy significantly faster than what a Cloneblade does]]. And despite being strong enough to put Masane on the ropes throughout their whole fight, it gets done in by the Witchblade’s SuperMode.

* ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}: New Vestroia'': Hades is a Mechanical Bakugan created in the likeness of Hydranoid, with its strength and most of its abilities being ([[EffectiveKnockoff admittedly effective]]) imitations of the latter's. Hydranoid is none too pleased when he hears about it, enough that he wants to and becomes the one to personally destroy his copy when they eventually face off against each other.

** In the finale of the Cadmus story arc, [[spoiler:the Brainiac/Luthor hybrid]] generates robotic Evil Knockoffs of the Franchise/{{Justice League|of America}}. Or alternatively you could argue they're technically ''regular'' knockoffs of AlternateUniverse {{Evil Twin}}s, the Justice Lords.
*** ComicBook/TheFlash didn't have a Justice Lord counterpart, as their StartOfDarkness was their Flash's death; his robot had the appearance of [[Characters/TheFlash Professor Zoom]], his EvilCounterpart in the comics.

* The infamous [[ComicBook/TheCloneSaga Clone Saga]] in ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' featured several of these. This was taken to its limits in one issue, where it ended with dozens of Spider-Man clones attacking our heroes.
* In one ComicBook/SpideySuperStories issue, ComicBook/DoctorDoom creates a villainous copy of Spider-Man called Web-Man. While he has the same abilities and powers as Spider-Man, he's a DumbMuscle compared to the intelligent titular hero.
* ''Franchise/TheFlash'' comics has Inertia, who was created to be the evil Thawne family member when Bart Allen (Impulse I/Kid Flash II) refused his heritage as a Thawne.
* In several [[ComicBook/Supergirl1972 Bronze]] [[ComicBook/Supergirl1982 Age]] stories, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} was cloned by some mad scientist or shady group who intended to create a duplicate who would get Supergirl out of their way and work for them.
* In most ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' stories, Bizarro is a creation of ComicBook/LexLuthor, intended to defeat Supes. For his part, Superman has pretty much never considered Bizarro ''evil'' so much as incredibly misguided. This is across all incarnations, from the confused Superman clone to the backwards denizen of Bizarro World.

** In the storyline ''The Great Darkness Saga'', the servants of [[spoiler:ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}]] are duplicates of [[spoiler: Lydea Mallor (ancestor of Legion member Shadow Lass), Superman, a Guardian of the Universe, and Darkseid's sons Orion and Kalibak.]]

* [[AiIsACrapshoot Evil robot]] ComicBook/{{Ultron}} from the Franchise/MarvelUniverse frequently tried making evil knockoffs (of sorts) to limited success. Both the Vision and Jocasta's thought patterns were based off those of Comicbook/TheAvengers ComicBook/WonderMan and ComicBook/TheWasp respectively, but both also quickly turned against him and would go on the become Avengers themselves, making them more-or-less [[InvertedTrope good knockoffs]] of already good characters. Similarly, Alkhema was created with the thought patterns of Mockingbird and was arguably a successful Evil Knockoff as she was genuinely evil but ended up betraying him anyway. Even later on, Ultron planned to replace all organic life with evil knockoffs after he [[KillAllHumans killed them all]] (he failed, of course).
** It is also revealed that Ultron himself is a Evil Knockoff of [[spoiler: his creator, Hank Pym, who used his own thought patterns in Ultron's programming process]].
** And again, in ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManJMichaelStraczynski'' #520, Hydra reveals four Avengers knockoffs, using special gear to simulate their powers: The Hammer, with his electricity-manipulating hammer, as a counterpart of [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]; Karl, a man in powered armor styled after ComicBook/IronMan (who refuses to call himself by his assigned codename, Tactical Force); The Militant, basically a terrorist version of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica; and Bowman, a counterpart to the (then-deceased) ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}.
* In a ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' story arc, North Korea attempted to create its own knock-off version of the ComicBook/XMen. North Korean versions of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/{{Storm}}, Banshee, Colossus, ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}}, and Sunfire were created by infusing prisoners with Deadpool's HealingFactor.
* Match, the evil clone of ComicBook/{{Superboy}} in Franchise/TheDCU.

* [[Characters/GLOtherLanternCorps The Black Lanterns]] in ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'' are evil (and in the cases of dead villains, ''eviler'') knockoffs of the dead people chosen by the Black Lantern rings. The rings reanimate the corpses and simulate any powers and weapons they had in life and a twisted version of their original personalities specifically meant to provoke a strong emotional response from people, enabling the Black Lanterns to rip out their emotion filled hearts.
* Not so much evil as unfriendly and impolite, but Obmoz in ''ComicBook/{{Zombo}}'' was created as a more powerful version of Zombo that would do as TheGovernment commanded.
* The many evil doppelgangers of [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Earth's greatest heroes]] in ''ComicBook/TheInfinityWar'', created by the villainous Magus.
* The Titanium Man was a KGB agent who had a suit of armor modeled specifically on ComicBook/IronMan's specs (although inferior Soviet resources meant that the resulting armor ended up being more than eight feet tall). The Iron Monger was a later villain to do the same thing.
* ''ComicBook/TheBoys'' has one of the strangest examples of this trope. [[spoiler:Black Noir is the Homelander's evil clone, designed and tasked to kill him should the need arise. While they look completely alike, Black Noir constantly wears a completely covering black outfit to hide this, and never speaks in public. Because the Homelander behaves himself for too long, Black Noir steals his costume and commits atrocities in his name, making sure he will hear of these things. This turns the Homelander from a superpowered asshole to a monster, as he starts to doubt his sanity and morality. Because the sanction still refuses to come, both Black Noir and the Homelander snap, and the latter starts a war between the government and the supers, while the former finally decides to kill the latter.]] As one character puts it, "[he] turned into a psychopath by mistake".
* Played straight in a hilarious manner in a ''ComicBook/GrooTheWanderer'' story. The antagonist is a sorcerer who can conjure up any thing or being he can imagine (though they are very temporary). When facing Groo, he declares "The only thing that can defeat Groo... is ''Groo''!" and conjures up an exact copy. [[spoiler: Who directly proceeds to cutting of the sorcerer's head by accident and then disappearing.]]
* This was M. Bison's evil plan in Malibu's ''[[ComicBook/StreetFighterMalibuComics Street Fighter]]''.
* In issues 3 and 5 of ''[[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica2013 Justice League of America (2013)]]'', The JLA fights robot doubles of, not themselves, but the [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League]] built by [[RobotMaster Professor Ivo]].
* The award-winning "Manhunter" arc (the Paul Kirk version that ran in early 1970's ''Detective Comics'') had clones of Paul as the Council's security forces. A variant in that Paul was initially head of security and they were created to ''help'' him, but after he found out what the Council was up to, they did wind up on opposite sides.
* In ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'', the Weapon X program looked for a mutant with a similar HealingFactor to Wolverine's after Wolvie went AWOL in hopes of recreating the adamantium-bonding process, and found Sabretooth.[[note]]The sequence of events was rather different in the 616 universe.[[/note]] {{Lampshaded}} by Wolverine:
--> ''''Four'' claws? Well, ''[[SarcasmMode that'll]]'' [[SarcasmMode keep people from seeing you as a made-in-Hong-Kong version of me.]]''
** In ''ComicBook/UltimateGalactusTrilogy'', the Red Guardian is a deranged Russian attempt at creating a rip-off of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica. He even has a shield made of human remains.
* Brutaal, who was believed to be a brainwashed Superman in ''ComicBook/{{Earth 2}}'', is revealed to be one in issue #26.
* ''[[ComicBook/TheMultiversity Thunderworld #1]]'':
** Sivana attempts to steal the power of Shazam by...creating a technological version of the Rock of Eternity that is twice the size of the original.
** And then he creates his own version of the Marvel Family using his children.

* ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'':
** ''ComicBook/NemesisTheWarlock'': Torquemada has a chamaeleonic alien creature which he names the Mimesis impersonate Nemesis and go on a rampage on Termight to turn the earthlings against Nemesis.
** ''ComicBook/{{XTNCT}}'': Father creates a group of clones to fight the dinosaurs who have turned against him. This backfires when they just team up with their counterparts to take down Father together.
** ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'': There are a few of these: Judda,and the zombie Dredd created by The Mutant.
** ''ComicBook/RogueTrooper'': The regened version of Gunnar brainwashed to kill Rogue.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman''
** ''[[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Volume 1]]'': The Duke of Deception creates his own version of Wonder Woman out of ectoplasm and her string of petty crimes are all blamed on the real one.
** ''[[ComicBook/WonderWoman2006 Volume 3]]'': The villain Devastation is a woman molded from clay and given life and powers by Cronus and the Titans, as Cronus' answer to Athena, Aphrodite, Artemis, Demeter and Hestia doing the same to form Wonder Woman.
* Dr. Viktor Frankenbeans, the main villain of the ''ComicBook/{{Madballs}}'' comic book published by defunct Creator/MarvelComics subsidiary Star Comics, occasionally tried to defeat the Madballs by deliberately creating Madballs of his own. Such efforts resulted in creating a trio of animate bowling balls called the Badballs, the second series Madballs, the Super Madballs, and a female Madball named Madbelle. The second series Madballs and the Super Madballs, however, ended up turning against Frankenbeans and siding with the original Madballs.
* In ''ComicBook/TheInfinityWar'', [[spoiler:BigBad Magnus]] creates an army of demonic versions of the Marvel heroes to distract and kill them. Most of them die by the end of the series, but two live on -- Hellspawn, Daredevil's Evil Knockoff (who dies a little later during the Daredevil storyline ''Fall From Grace'') and the Spider-Doppelganger, Spider-Man's Evil Knockoff who has a habit of not staying dead.
* After the humans of ''ComicBook/StrikeforceMorituri'' develop a process to create super-powered warriors, the [[PlanetLooters alien Horde]] soon develop Super-Hordians, genetically mutated warriors with augmented abilities specifically for the purpose of defeating the Morituri.
* In the IDW ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' comics, Slash (A frequently reused EvilCounterpart humanoid turtle across multiple continuities) was a mutant specifically created by [=StockGen=] to hunt down the Turtles.
* The 95th issue of ''ComicBook/JourneyIntoMystery'' had a scientist named Professor Zaxton use an invention of his to create an evil clone of Thor. The story ends with Zaxton [[SelfDisposingVillain getting himself killed]] when he tries to reach for his machine, only to [[DisneyVillainDeath fall to his doom]] while the contraption is destroyed, but not before leaving behind [[MorallySuperiorCopy a benevolent clone of Zaxton]] who proceeds to take the deceased scientist's place.

** ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' Dark Pretty Cure technically counts, since she seeks to kill Cure Moonlight exclusively to take her place, [[spoiler:as well as the fact that she was created using Moonlight's DNA.]]

** ''VideoGame/SonicSuperstars'' eventually introduces both Metal Amy and Metal Tails, to join up with series favorite Metal Sonic, as well as Metal Knuckles, [[TheBusCameBack making his return to the series since ''Sonic R'']]. [[spoiler:Not only that, Metal Trip also shows up as well, with its appearance based on her unarmored look.]]

** Amy gets a decoy version of herself in ''VideoGame/SonicMania'': the Act 2 boss of Metallic Madness is Eggman controlling the Gachapandora, a gumball machine which releases gachapons every time your character spins it: they can either be smaller Eggmans controlling toy machines of the Egg Drillster and Egg Scorcher... or Amy Dolls. Despite being small "toy" robots, they are way more sophisticated than the aforementioned Tails Doll: they run towards your character, jump to grab him, and make a SlasherSmile before exploding. [[spoiler:They can be destroyed like any other enemy, but if one of them "hugs" your character, you won't be able to move him until she explodes.]] ''VideoGame/SonicSuperstars'' eventually introduces both Metal Amy and Metal Tails, to join up with series favorite Metal Sonic, as well as Metal Knuckles, [[TheBusCameBack making his return to the series since ''Sonic R'']].

** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII'' has the Statues of [[TheHero Eight]], [[TheBigGuy Yangus]], [[FieryRedhead Jessica]], and [[{{Main/TheCasanova}} Angelo]], which are found in the [[TheVeryDefinitivelyFinalDungeon Black Citadel]] and have to be fought when escaping the place after defeating Rhapthorne.
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestX'' via the latter half of 6.5, has the Fake Jia Kut Clan versions of Lada Ghat, Haku, Ashlay, Leone, and Euriza as guards aboard the [[TheVeryDefinitivelyFinalDungeon Evil Eye Moon]], having been created by Jia Nebula's research methods. They fight just like the real deals, though only one of them has a new skill.

** Amy gets a decoy version of herself in ''VideoGame/SonicMania'': the Act 2 boss of Metallic Madness is Eggman controlling the Gachapandora, a gumball machine which releases gachapons every time your character spins it: they can either be smaller Eggmans controlling toy machines of the Egg Drillster and Egg Scorcher... or Amy Dolls. Despite being small "toy" robots, they are way more sophisticated than the aforementioned Tails Doll: they run towards your character, jump to grab him, and make a SlasherSmile before exploding. [[spoiler:They can be destroyed like any other enemy, but if one of them "hugs" your character, you won't be able to move him until she explodes.]]
** In ''VideoGame/SonicForces'', it's revealed that [[spoiler: the four previous villains working for Dr. Eggman are not the real versions, but rather virtual reality constructs created by the Phantom Ruby.]] This trope is technically [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]] since [[spoiler: two of the replicas, Zavok and Metal Sonic, were already evil to begin with. Ironically, those are the only two you actually fight- the clones of Chaos and Shadow are dealt with in cutscenes.]]

** Hell, ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' himself got cloned before ''Zero 1'' and fought Zero to the death, and again in ''Zero 3''. The twist is that Copy-X (the aforementioned knockoff) was ''never'' intended by his creator to be evil in the first place.

** ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot'' has yet another evil knockoff, this time [[spoiler:an unstable genetic clone of Dedede]] made by the Haltmann Works Company to eliminate Kirby. It's more or less a blob of biomass capable of taking his shape and eventually splits into three smaller clones once it's taken enough abuse. Additionally, in the ''Meta Knightmare Returns'' mode, [[spoiler:the place of the eponymous knight's [[UnwillingRoboticization mechanized self]] is taken by a fully robotic mass-production model. In addition to that, there are also genetic clones of Dark Matter and Queen Sectonia that are fought as bosses]].

** And again, in ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' #520, Hydra reveals four Avengers knockoffs, using special gear to simulate their powers: The Hammer, with his electricity-manipulating hammer, as a counterpart of [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]; Karl, a man in powered armor styled after ComicBook/IronMan (who refuses to call himself by his assigned codename, Tactical Force); The Militant, basically a terrorist version of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica; and Bowman, a counterpart to the (then-deceased) ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}.
* In a ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' story arc, North Korea attempted to create its own knock-off version of the ComicBook/XMen. North Korean versions of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/{{Storm}}, Banshee, Colossus, Nightcrawler, and Sunfire were created by infusing prisoners with Deadpool's HealingFactor.

Often a form of MirrorCharacter and LaserGuidedTykebomb. SisterTrope to EvilTwin (evil identical twin), EvilCounterpart (evil character with similar abilities and/or history who took another path), and CriminalDoppelganger (evil IdenticalStranger). Related to MirrorBoss (where a video game features a boss fight against an opponent with abilities similar to the player's) and SixthRangerTraitor (where a new recruit for the hero team turns out to be an enemy). Often, whole teams being cloned results in ThePsychoRangers. If the knockoff turns out to be the manifestation of the hero's inherent evil side, it's an EnemyWithout. Contrast PsychoPrototype, where the hero is the "Good Knockoff". This may backfire on the bad guy if he CopiedTheMoralsToo, and the knockoff winds up inheriting the good guy's morality/heroic tendencies.

** On the other hand, ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'' implied that Metal Sonic had created an entire ''army'' of Shadow androids after usurping Eggman. When he took back his position, Eggman uses those Shadow androids in ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' for a couple of stages. [[TomatoInTheMirror He also convinced Shadow that he was an android as well]], and Shadow, due to his amnesia, even accepted it in two of the endings. [[spoiler: However, about seven to eight minutes into the final battle, Eggman admits to the Shadow you control that he had saved him from [[ContinuityNod his apparent death]] in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' and is the same ultimate lifeform that his grandfather, Professor Gerald Robotnik, created aboard the Ark 50 years ago.]]
** Amy gets a decoy version of herself in ''VideoGame/SonicMania'': the Act 2 boss is Eggman controlling a gumball machine which releases gachapons every time your character spins it: they can either be smaller Eggmans controlling toy machines... or Amy Dolls. Despite being small "toy" robots, they are way more sophisticated than the aforementioned Tails Doll: they run towards your character, jump to grab him, and make a SlasherSmile before exploding. [[spoiler:They can be destroyed like any other enemy, but if one of them "hugs" your character, you won't be able to move him until she explodes.]]

** Prior to that, ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' has also been cloned at least twice, once into triplets. In ''[[VideoGame/MegaManPoweredUp Powered Up]]'', whatever character you play as also gets cloned.

** All the [[spoiler:copy chip generation reploids]] that appear in ''X8'' and ''VideoGame/MegaManXCommandMission'' are basically evil knockoffs of [[spoiler:''X7'' debutant [[YoungGun Axl]]]].

** Dr. Wily in general is fond of doing this to the Dr. Light series of Robot Masters. He uses Proto Man as the template for his Sniper Joe series of robots, several later Robot Masters are directly inspired by the ones he reprogrammed in ''VideoGame/MegaMan1'' - some very strongly (like Heat Man for Fire Man), some simply thematically (like Quick Man for Elec Man). Finally, Mega Man and Rush themselves were copied to make Bass and Treble. Roll is the only one of the original DLN series to not be copied at any point by Wily.

** ''VideoGame/MarioPartyIslandTour'': Bowser uses a clone machine to create bubble clones of the main characters. When one of the real characters enters the tower, they'll be challenged by these evil clones, who have to be defeated in minigames so the reacl character can proceed. Bubble clones appear in each floor of Bowser's Tower.

* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' gives us the [=FooHero=], [=FooFighter=], [=FooPriest=], and [=FooMage=], knockoffs of the [[JackOfAllTrades Hero]], [[MightyGlacier Warrior]], [[BlackAndWhiteMagic Priest, and Mage classes]].

* Dark Link has appeared sporadically throughout ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''. His most [[ThatOneBoss memorable appearance]] was probably in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''. He usually has similar sword play abilities compared to the main character, but a lack of magic and various items.

* In ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror'', Dark Meta Knight imprisons the real Meta Knight inside the Dimension Mirror and has Kirby split into four at the start of the game. Dark Meta Knight is disguised as the real one for his battle at Radish Ruins until the true Meta Knight reveals that he is an imposter.

* The ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series does this in every instalment of the series:

* The many evil doppelgangers of [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Earth's greatest heroes]] in the [[ComicBook/TheInfinityWar Infinity War]], created by the villainous Magus.

* In ''ComicBook/InfinityWar'', [[spoiler:BigBad Magnus]] creates an army of demonic versions of the Marvel heroes to distract and kill them. Most of them die by the end of the series, but two live on -- Hellspawn, Daredevil's Evil Knockoff (who dies a little later during the Daredevil storyline ''Fall From Grace'') and the Spider-Doppelganger, Spider-Man's Evil Knockoff who has a habit of not staying dead.

In more justified cases, the Big Bad knows strength when he sees it, and so makes sure the copy shares some basic capabilities or power source with the hero, or is an actual clone. If TheHero is ''already'' mechanical or otherwise manufactured (i.e. an engineered SuperSoldier), the copy will usually be based on that hero's original blueprints or other stolen underlying technology, be reasonably close in appearance and capabilities, and fight in a nearly identical fashion, resulting in a battle of wits and spirit instead of the more usual [[AnAesop Aesop]] that [[CloningBlues copies are never as good as the original]].

* Subverted in ''Series/JuukouBFighter'', the ''Series/MetalHeroes'' series which was where the original footage of ''Beetleborgs'' came from, by the original version of Shadowborg, Shadow/Black Beet. Originally created to defeat the B-Fighters by his master, he eventually starts to question his own existence and his loyalty starts to waver. Then, it is revealed that he is an actual [[CloningBlues clone]] of Takuya/Blue Beet and is eventually become obsessed with beating Takuya in order to prove his own existence and in order to gain immortality as he is dying due to being a short-lived clone who was only created to serve his purpose in defeating the B Fighters. He eventually ditch his master to fight for himself.

* Princess Ardala created several copies of the eponymous hero in ''Series/BuckRogersInTheTwentyFifthCentury''. One of them was to be sent to Earth to act as a spy; the others... were to be kept by Ardala [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre for her own private purposes]].

** A more literal (yet less malevolent) example is the Powerpuff Girls Xtreme brand created by Professor Utonium's college roommate Dick Hardly in "Knock It Off". While the Xtreme girls have the same intention as the actual ones in fighting crime and otherwise weren't meant to endanger the public, Dick designed them to cash in on the girls' success. Although the first batch of Xtreme girls Dick made was quite effective, the brand eventually failed because he constantly degraded their quality to the point of being useless. When the knockoffs witness the Professor [[ThePowerOfLove literally hugging the girls back to life]] in the middle of Dick's attempt to kill them, they [[HeelFaceTurn move on to destroy their creator]], in one of the few permament deaths in the series, as protest for Dick not showing them any love.

** A more literal (yet less malevolent) example is the Powerpuff Girls Xtreme brand created by Professor Utonium's college roommate Dick Hardly in "Knock It Off". While they have the same intention as the actual girls in fighting crime and otherwise weren't meant to endanger the public, Dick designed them to cash in on the girls' success. Although the first batch of knockoffs he made was quite effective, the brand eventually failed because he constantly degraded their quality to the point of being useless. When the knockoffs witness the Professor literally hugging the girls back to life in the middle of Dick's attempt to kill them, they [[HeelFaceTurn move on to destroy their creator]], in one of the few permament deaths in the series, as protest for Dick not showing them any love.

** A more literal (yet less malevolent) example is the knockoff brand of Powerpuff Girls created by Professor Utonium's college roommate Dick Hardly in "Knock It Off". While they have the same intention as the actual girls in fighting crime and otherwise weren't meant to endanger the public, Dick designed them to cash in on the girls' success. Although the first batch of knockoffs he made was quite effective, the brand eventually failed because he constantly degraded their quality to the point of being useless. When the knockoffs witness the Professor literally hugging the girls back to life in the middle of Dick's attempt to kill them, they [[HeelFaceTurn move on to destroy their creator]], in one of the few permament deaths in the series, as protest for Dick not showing them any love.

** A more literal (yet less malevolent) example is the knockoff brand of Powerpuff Girls created by Professor Utonium's college roommate Dick Hardly in "Knock It Off". While they have the same intention as the actual girls in fighting crime and otherwise weren't meant to endanger the public, Dick designed them to cash in on the girls' success. Although the first batch of knockoffs he made was quite effective, the brand eventually failed because he constantly degraded their quality to the point of being useless. When the knockoffs witness the Professor literally hugging the girls back to life in the middle of Dick's attempt to kill them, they [[HeelFaceTurn move on to destroy their creator]], in one of the few permament deaths in the series, in protest of Dick not showing them any love.

** A more literal (yet less malevolent) example is the knockoff brand of Powerpuff Girls created by Professor Utonium's college roommate Dick Hardly in "Knock It Off". While they have the same intention as the actual girls in fighting crime, Dick designed them to cash in on the girls' success. Although the first batch of knockoffs he made was quite effective, the brand eventually failed because he constantly degraded their quality to the point of being useless. When the knockoffs witness the Professor literally hugging the girls back to life in the middle of Dick's attempt to kill them, they [[HeelFaceTurn move on to destroy their creator]], in one of the few permament deaths in the series, in protest of Dick not showing them any love.